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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “sweetalert2”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “sweetalert2”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Snap Tales – User, Post, Product and Admin Stories, Integrated with BuddyPress and PeepSo shows at wp.org #8 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 20+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Maintenance 1M+ · 4.4★ (869) wp.org #1 2 Advanced Google reCAPTCHA 200K+ · 4.8★ (430) wp.org #2 3 Disable Comments 1M+ · 4.7★ (281) wp.org #3 4 WP Force SSL & HTTPS SSL Redirect 80K+ · 4.7★ (179) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Video Gallery for WooCommerce – Add Product Video & Featured Video 4K+ · 5.0★ (44) wp.org #5 6 One Click Upsell Funnel for Woocommerce 1K+ · 4.5★ (98) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too low 7 Backup Bolt – Lightweight Backup, Fast WordPress Backup to ZIP 800+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #6 ↓2 1 too high 8 Membership For WooCommerce 800+ · 4.4★ (28) wp.org #12 ↑1 4 too low 9 AI Content Generator For Elementor 200+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WordPress & WooCommerce by CryptoPay 70+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #11 ↓2 1 too low 11 Integrate nekorekten.com for WooCommerce 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 WC Booster 700+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #20 8 too low 13 EONSR AEO Agent — · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 DevtasksUp – ClickUp integration 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓2 15 Snap Tales – User, Post, Product and Admin Stories, Integrated with BuddyPress and PeepSo 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↓1 7 too high 16 Auto Enroll for Tutor LMS 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 3 too high 17 WordClever – AI Content Writer 2K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 Code and core – Smart Image Ratio 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 PixelcraftDev Confirm Payment for Woocommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓2 3 too high 20 Product Redirection for WooCommerce 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too low 21 Snappy Search 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too high 22 Content API 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓4 23 Upvimeo — Direct Uploads for Vimeo — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 24 Plindor Shield for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.